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Best Practices

Our Best Practices are based on experiences from over 2500 projects. They reduce complexity in management of Supply Chains and allow a stable supply and lead to a smooth collaboration of all participants. They are fast and easy to use and realizable with slim IT budgets.

Integration of suppliers and forwarders over one platform

More room for actions: recognize changes before the pick-up

Central solution for communication with various forwarders and transport providers

Recorded dangerous goods database

Store Knowledge in Reference Projects

IT can not only be a supporter but also a driver of new and innovative processes along the supply chain. Here one of the options is the definition and recommendation of best practices for the cooperation between companies (mainly shippers and logistics providers) along the delivery chain. Nobody knows these processes better than AXIT: In the approx. 2,500 different customer projects which AXIT has realized in delivery chain management it became clear that in each industry, but even across different industries, the same challenges came up. It is for the best and most efficient solutions for these frequently recurring challenges that we have compiled reference processes. The knowledge and experience of AXIT staff is systematically stored in them. They serve as templates for realizing similar projects.

For this best practice collection AXIT has selected those reference processes which - are most requested by the customers- are worth mentioning for a particular reasonThese Best Practices can be the description of a complete process (e.g. the management of a procurement chain) or even a partial process especially worth mentioning ( e.g. the integrated printing of barcode labels at the ramp) which can be well combined with other processes.

The best practices recommended by AXIT are quick and easy to use, are in use by over 200,000 users and they address the typical challenges in operative management of logistical networks with many stakeholders. They reduce complexity in controlling delivery chains. They lead to smooth cooperation between stakeholders and to stable and reliable supply.

Cloud Technology as a basis for Best Practice Solutions

Cross-company standardization of workflows cannot be achieved if each company only thinks and acts within its own, internal IT and process world. All participants must look beyond the boundaries of their current in house systems. From a mere software point of view the realization of the best practices requires an IT solution which is centrally accessed from multiple locations. I.e. a platform which links the individual system worlds and the acting persons. This way all participants can - independently of locations - enter data or transmit data from their existing systems for further processing.

From AXIT's point of view the "Community Cloud" on which the logistics platform AX4 is based would be appropriate. It is centrally available and each participant can get access to the available functionalities via web or interface. In this case "Community" means that the IT platform maps the community of interests of the users which work together on a delivery chain or on a network. Therefore a cloud solution is especially suitable for cross-company IT solutions:

Maximum transparencyfor all logistics activities in the entire delivery chain

Risk reductiondue to common view of the logistical chain in real time

Contact with many acting persons in the Supply Chain

Flexibility gained by increased interoperability and scalability of IT systems

Minimized maintenance effortsand IT know how requirements for the users

AX4's authorization and role concepts make sure that each user only sees the data he is authorized for. Consideration of important security requirements to the software's availability and also the observance of data protection regulations is an essential prerequisite here.

Best Practice Methodology

All best practices are based on a realization methodology - recommended by AXIT. It is always based on three important steps and essential success components:

Integration

Standardization

Flexibility.

These are also described per Best Practice scenario.

Services on the Completion of Best Practices

In order to optimally use the best practices for the companies AXIT gives support with various services: Workshops help those involved to find the solution most suitable for them. Trainings accompany the roll out of the solution and ensure correct use. After implementation review workshops and consulting help the companies to keep the solution permanently "up to date" and to complete it by reasonable enhancements.